If the other testicle was injured, both of her eyes were gouged out. See more ideas about bible, bible lessons for kids, bible activities. If a woman in a quarrel injured a man’s testicle, her finger was cut off. Explore Christina Paulden's board 'Hands-On Bible', followed by 638 people on Pinterest. He writes, “In fact, Middle Assyrian laws (around 1100 BC) present a similar scenario (in the case of injury to the man), though with far more drastic consequences. However, Copan also points out that this law was still ahead of the ANE at the time. It seems nearly just as bad (and ultimately more bizarre!). He makes a linguistic argument for this, but I don’t find this much better than the plain sense reading. So, this was treated very seriously.Ĭopan argues that the Hebrew in this verse is actually referring to publicly shaving the woman’s pubic hair! That is, the woman was to be publicly humiliated for her actions. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and. If the man had his testicles crushed, this would not only be exceedingly painful (!!), but he would lose a stake in the community of Israel (Deut. crushing a man’s testicles) that the law told them to cut her hand off before she could cause the man harm. The text never says that the woman crushes the man’s genitals-only that she grabs them. This might be the prevention of harm, rather than the retribution of harm. It might be similar to a SWAT sniper shooting someone with a hostage. RESPONSE: This is probably referring to justice “on the spot,” rather than later. 25:11-12) Why were women’s hands cut off for grabbing a man’s genitals?ĬLAIM: Moses explains, “If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, 12 you shall cut off her hand. The Head, Heart, Hands method of application helps us think holistically about how God wants to form all of who we are into the image of Jesus Christ. God does not intend for us to be poor stewards of the life He granted us and using the appropriate tools to address demons seems well within the teachings – as least from my perspective.(Deut. Let’s not take God out of church.” Sourceįrom my perspective if God’s will be done and a church has armed parishioners, maybe God’s will is for the shooter to meet his maker instead of several members of the church. If there’s anywhere you can trust God, it should be the church. Hands on a Bible Meditating on God's word High angle shot of an unrecognizable man reading his bible while sitting outside Woman with bible Unrecognizable woman holding a bible in her hands and praying Women reading the Holy Bible. Some people, including the opposing voices to the legislation, pointed out that this “would take God out of church”. I disagree completely with such a statement.ĭuring the debate, Spurill asserted, “Psalm 46 said, ‘God is our refuge and strength.’ Now we are saying, with this bill, we no longer trust in God.” He added, “We… foolishly took prayer out of schools… and now we want to take God out of church. … Either you cower in place or you fight back.” Source Black said of the mass shootings, “It really sent shock waves through all churches.” He continued, “These folks are uniquely vulnerable because they’re lined up in a church pew exiting the pew is very difficult. The Senator noted the 2012 mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and the 2015 shooting at a South Carolina African Methodist Episcopal church. Black (R) said that allowing church-goers to carry guns will allow them to defend themselves if they are ever under attack. While deciding on the bill last week, the Post reports that robust religious debate broke out across party lines. Virginia passed a bill last week that will allow people to bring guns into places of worship.Īccording to the Washington Post, the bill, which passed through Virginia’s state Senate, will reverse a law that was put into place during the colonial era that forbids people from bringing any sort of dangerous weapon into a church service without “good and sufficient reason.” Seems pretty clear this type of legislation would ensure the demons are sent back to hell where they belong. Driving out demons is part of what Jesus said we were to do. This legislation assists the innocent and helps to condemn the guilty. Imagine how quickly these two incidents would have ended if several people had been armed? High probably no one, except the shooter, would have died. There have been two significant shootings at two different churches that could have been slowed or even stopped had someone inside the church been armed. I understand a lot of people are not very happy about this, but, personally, I support this type of legislation for a number of reasons.

The state of Virginia has taken it a step further and has passed legislation that allows this saying from my youth to become law.

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